We’ve been in our house 2 years and the built-in pantry shelves were about to fall down. We finally decided to take them out and put up steel shelving. We had three freestanding steel shelves custom made by a guy in Brookshire Texas for $240. They are huge and simple to put together.
This weekend we are taking out the old shelves. Now I know why they didn’t hold my can goods. They are made from compressed cardboard…..no joke. I can easily snap the support boards across my knee. Since I’ve been cooking with wheat berries and other bulk foods, our pantry has been a mess. I’ve had most stuff on the floor b/c the shelves would collapse under the weight. And I couldn’t find anything without a major search endeavor. Not anymore. I’m getting 46 sq feet more in shelving and will be able to stack like never before.
My other shelves were only 11 inches deep. Take a look here: http://houstonmom.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/img_0436.jpg . One of the new is 24 inches deep, and the other two are 18 inches deep. Too much of my pantry was walk around space . Builders are not designing houses for people who cook, but for those who keep a few light weight boxes of cereal and bags of Doritos on hand.
Here are the in-progress pics. Don’t drop by this weekend, things are all over the place!
Posted by Kris 
